The United Kingdom is going to enforce the ban on the use of mobile phones inside jails. According to these plans, mobile phone companies will be required to block prisoners who use illicit handsets behind the bars. The new law is part of the serious crime bill, which was due to be given its second Commons reading by MPs a few days ago

Apple currently faces a lawsuit over the complaints about the large amount of storage that its new iOS 8 takes up on iPhones and iPads. The users of the devices complain about the misrepresentation of the storage capacity.

Belarus decided to impose draconian measures after its national currency was dragged down by Russian ruble slide. The country even blocked online shops and news websites, trying to stop a run on banks and shops when public rushed to secure their savings. Indeed, the Belarusian currency was dragged down by the slide of the Russian ruble, which made the country’s government forbid price increases even for imported goods and warn public against panic.

More than three years ago, police in two countries coordinated their efforts to shut down a private torrent service. Now two alleged operators of the tracker are going to face a criminal trial in Sweden. Although the site admins haven’t uploaded any copyrighted content themselves, they can be held responsible for the actions of their users.

A year ago, the Motion Picture Association of America announced one of its biggest victories on the file-sharing field: the anti-piracy group won its case against file-hosting service Hotfile, and the latter agreed to a $80m settlement. Now it turns out that this figure was only announced to impress and scare the public, and in reality Hotfile agreed to pay only $4m